Tuesday was the first day of the online entertainment B2B conference, European Summit 2012 Barcelona. The day included numerous seminars covering a variety of topics, a well-attended Speed Networking session and a couple of Happy Hours. The Hotel Miramar Barcelona is rather large but only has 75 rooms, so this meant that people were pretty well spread out most of the time. For those of us that had never stayed at this venue, it meant taking a day to figure out where all the nooks and crannies were. It seemed that a few seminars just never happened due to lack of attendance. I do not know if it was the subject matter or the fact that no one knew where it was being held.

Other than that, the hotel lobby and patio areas were quite loud with small meetings being held wherever one could find a spot to sit down. (more…)

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This was my second time attending The Barcelona Summit and I will be returning for future events. I have to give much credit to Andreas, for not only organizing a very business orientated event, but for his willingness to listen to his sponsors and those that are making the journey to Spain to attend. When he first announced the dates of this show, there was a lot of noise on the boards because the dates conflicted with Webmaster Access Amsterdam, even though the dates had not been formally announced at the time. After careful consideration, he decided to change the dates so that people could attend both events. Personally, I thought this was a great concession and I did not have to make a decision between the two events and I was able to make one flight across the Atlantic.

The Barcelona Summit was held September 21-24, 2010 at the Le Meridien Ra Beach Hotel & Spa in El Vendrell, which is about 40 minutes outside of Barcelona, on the coast of the Mediterranean. This B2B adult webmaster event was loaded with many activities including go-kart racing, a Paella cook off, a wine tasting and tour, speed networking and probably a dozen seminars covering many topics of concern in today’s marketplace.

The Venue

Since Le Meridien was full the night I arrived, I spent the first night about a mile down the strand from the host hotel. Since I did not arrive until after midnight, it did not really matter to me that the room was small and the guy at the desk spoke zero English. The next morning we packed up our stuff and walked up to the Le Meridien. When I walked into my room, my immediate response was, “wow.” This hotel is probably the nicest I have ever stayed at, even though the rates were about half of what it would cost to stay at The W or the Hilton in New York City. I am afraid that future hotels I stay at have their work cut out for them as far as elegance is concerned.

View From Our Room

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